Freedom Of Speech In Colonial America

Before Colonial America fought for its revolution and became one of the first self-govern countries in a long while, almost all of Europe was ruled by Monarchs, who had divined and absolute power with the Roman Catholic Church using the wrath of god to spread fear all over and oppress any other religion to form. People standing up to any Monarch or the Catholic Church was futile as they could use their absolute power, giving directly from god to throw people in jail, cruel and unusual punishment, exile them or just murder them to put for to anyone else not following their orders. Henceforth, when Colonial America fought for their independence from Great Britain and ruled themselves as a democratic republican it changed the whole dynamic of
Before, when England still governed and ruled over the Americas, England will pass laws and legislature to keep people speaking ill of the government and assemble together. Other nations have done the same for many years before the exploration of the Americas to keep themselves in power. Dividing people were the most effective way Monarchs or Nobles would be able to keep in power. With religion, the Roman Catholic Church controls the masses by putting them in fear if they did not follow their will as god would punish them. If people would want to stand up to the church, wanted to follow another form of Christianity or other religion people they would more likely to be expelled, discriminated or murdered for not following the Church's way. For many Centenaries, people would have to live in such a hardship that there were always oppressed by their government and religion and no way to speak up. However, when this Amendment came out it revolutionize not just America
No more would a monarch would be able to use its divine power to take political enemies to jail. People now can assemble and boycott unfair laws or taxation, write newspaper and use the freedom of speech to say what they truly feel and if an unjust government tries to imprison them for doing such they would not have the authority to curly punish or put a bail impossible to pay. Without these amendments America, today would probably be different and America might be ruled by a tyrant, fallen to pieces or taken over again by